ECONOMIST

William Phillips

1914 - 1975

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Alban William Housego "A. W." "Bill" Phillips, MBE (18 November 1914 – 4 March 1975) was a New Zealand economist who spent most of his academic career as a professor of economics at the London School of Economics (LSE). He invented the Phillips curve relating level of employment and inflation in 1958. He also designed and built the MONIAC hydraulic computer macroeconomic model in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Phillips is the 131st most popular economist (up from 282nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 44th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Phillips ranks 131 out of 414. Before him are Jean Tirole, James Mill, Oskar Morgenstern, Gottfried Feder, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, and Clive Granger. After him are Zhou Youguang, Michael Spence, Stanley Fischer, Eugene Fama, Rudolf Hilferding, and Jeremy Rifkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Phillips ranks 64. Before him are Rafael Kubelík, Francisco da Costa Gomes, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Dylan Thomas, and Jack Parsons. After him are Akira Matsunaga, Louis, Prince Napoléon, George Dantzig, William Westmoreland, Creighton Abrams, and Jackie Coogan. Among people deceased in 1975, William Phillips ranks 49. Before him are Rex Stout, Bernard Herrmann, Latife Uşşaki, Annette Kellermann, Marguerite Perey, and Luigi Dallapiccola. After him are Joseph Bech, Susan Hayward, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Thornton Wilder, and Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 12 out of 303. Before him are Peter Jackson (1961), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Rosé (1997), and Anthony Wilding (1883). After him are Jane Campion (1954), Patsy Reddy (1954), Lucy Lawless (1968), Kiri Te Kanawa (1944), Chris Amon (1943), and John Walker (1952).

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Among ECONOMISTS In New Zealand

Among economists born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 1. 

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